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W. G. ANDERSON} WEATHER STRIP.

No. 343,656. Patented June 15. 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. ANDERSON, OF BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO WVILLIAM L. ANDERSON, OF SAME PLACE.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,656, dated-Tune 15, 1886.

Application filed October 29, 1885. Serial No. 181,317. (No model.)

To (ZZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. ANDER- soN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Veather-Strips, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying.drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to the production and use of a new material for forming that part of a weather-strip that is yieldingthat is, the part that forms the packing-the object being to produce a fabric one side of which is soft andyielding, while the other side-that I5 is, the side inclosed and most liable to be injured by moistureis coated with a waterproof substance, the whole being cheap and easily applied to the holding or foundation strip or bead. I attain this object by 'themechanism shown in the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a perspective view showing my improved fabric applied to a form of molding used for doors. Fig. 2 is a vertical section,

2 5 taken centrally,of an ordinary window partingbead, the upper end being shown in perspective. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section with the improved fabric applied. Fig. 4 is acrosssection of a parting-bead with my fabric applied,

0 and Fig. 5 isa cross-section showing a modification of my invention to be applied to such as may require considerable compression and expansion.

In the drawings, 0 represents a strip of felt, and D a coating of rubber applied to it. This compound strip of felt and rubber forms a material that is at once very yielding, flexible, and water-proof, sothat it cannot absorb moisture, and thus become liable to 0 rot by dampness,nor break or crack from freezing. By this devicethat is, using a com pound fabric of felt and rubber-I attain all of the good 'qualities of rubber and of felt and avoid the disadvantages incidental to either of these materials when used alone, as has here- 5 tofore been the practice.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown my invention as embodied in a door-strip, G D being the rubber-felt strip inserted in the groove E, made in the wood molding A, and therein secured by any desirable means.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown my invention as embodied in a parting-bead, and in Fig. 5 a modification for use on doors, or at such places as may require considerable elasticity and range.

In the modification I use asoft-rubber tube,

H, which lies next to the molding K and serves as a preventative of the accumulation of moisture inside of the felt, and also as a cushion to add to the elasticity and range of compression of the strip.

I am aware of the patent to J. WV. Brown, No. 143.324, dated September 30, 1873, subject Carpentry, andI do not wish to claim anything that is shown or described in that case. 1

I claim I In weather-strips, parting-beads, and closing-moldings, the combination of the molding 7o orbase-piecc with a lining of felt, said felt being treated to a coat of soft rubber, whereby a flexible yielding, elastic, adhesive, and we.- ter-proof lining is prodpced, having one side smooth, water-proof, and adhesive, while the other side retains its felty nature, and the whole is soft and pliable, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM G. ANDERSON.

WVitnesses:

CHAS. SPAULDING,

MATTHEW M. BLUNI. 

